The broker David A. Rockwell defrauded a bank when he applied for lines of credit in the names of two clients
Bipartisan emergency savings legislation would allow employees to withdraw up to $1,000 per year from their workplace retirement account without penalty.
The regulator's proposed rule would also allow brokers to leave the industry and maintain their registration longer if they complete continuing education, a move that could benefit women who step away to have families.
The Treasury Secretary said President Joe Biden should push forward with his $4 trillion spending plans even if they trigger inflation that persists into next year and higher interest rates.
Ending mandatory arbitration has become a top priority for consumer advocacy groups, like the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association and others, that claim investors should have the option of laying out their case before a judge or jury.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Chairman William Duhnke will be replaced on an acting basis by board member Duane DesParte, but the SEC says it is looking for candidates to fill all five PCAOB board positions.
John Hancock and Lowe's are paying millions to settle class-action claims, while a new lawsuit was filed against Northern Trust that rehashes old claims.
The organization will reopen hearings on Aug. 2 in seven jurisdictions that had remained closed. Finra postponed in-person arbitration hearings when the pandemic began in March 2020.
SEC slapped Emperor Investments with a $25,000 fine. The charges mark the third enforcement action brought by the SEC against digital advisers.
GOP members of House Financial Services Committee question whether climate risk meets the materiality standard.
Europe’s new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation requires the industry to label how green an investment product is so that end investors know what they’re buying. But the requirements have yet to be finalized, leaving plenty of room for questions.
The effective date for the capital gains tax hike would be April 28, 2021, when the American Families plan was introduced, according to the Treasury Department’s Greenbook, a compendium of revenue proposals for fiscal 2022 that was released with the administration's $6 trillion budget proposal in May.
James Couture was discharged by LPL in June 2020 and barred by Finra last October.
Once-a-year withdrawals from retirement plans or IRAs would have to be paid back before additional borrowing could occur.
Last year, the Department of Labor closed less than a third of the number of cases it did in 2014, but total recoveries were six times higher.
Last year, Finra allocated $73.8 million of fine and reserve monies to fund capital initiatives and $16.4 million to pay for investor education and firm compliance.
The biggest surprise in Biden’s tax proposal is that it assumes an increase in the capital gains rate would be retroactive to April 2021, which would prevent wealthy people from selling off their assets quickly to avoid the hike.
The measure, which would have established a special roster of arbitrators to hear broker requests to clear their records, was criticized by PIABA as being too limited to address the problem.
The State Street plan did not include the lowest-cost share classes of the Target Retirement Securities Lending series, and there were some options from third parties with stronger performance records, according to the complaint.
If the governor signs the bill, the state's six public pension funds would be prohibited from investing in financial products that boycott energy companies.
